Tie-holder for collars.



No. 672-,93L Patented Apr. 30, mm. H. w. AYRES.

TIE HOLDER FOR (DOLLARS.

(Application filed Sept. 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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HENRY W. AYRES, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

TIE-HOLDER FOR COLLARS'.

. SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 672,931, dated. April 30, 1901.

Application filed September 19, 1900. Serial No. 30,618. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. AYRES, a citizenof the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tie-Holders for 001- lars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tie-holders designed to be attached to the collar and to the band of the necktie to holdit from rising on the collar; and the object thereof is to provide a simple and inexpensive device which is easily affixed to the collar and which will not interfere with the adjustment and tying of the tie and to which the tie is easily attached after being adjusted and tied and which will hold it against rising on the collar. I accomplish this object by the device described herein, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a collar with a pair of tie-holders thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the band of a tie, my tie-holder, and a portion of the collar. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of my tie-holder.

In the drawings, A is my tie-holder, which is formed of a single piece of resilient or spring wire, of suitable length and caliber, the ends of which are pointed likea pin, which I preferably bend into a loop, with downwardlyprojecting sides and a square end or base B, the sides being parallel and being bent slightly at a near the base. The sides are then. bent nearly upon themselves at b and form upwardly-extending loops Oone on each side of the baseinto which the collar D may be placed, the pointed ends projecting beyond the base. These projecting ends are then bent inwardly at a point nearly opposite the base to form downwardly-projecting loops whose sides lie in a plane at right angles to the plane of the sides of the upwardly-projecting loops. The sides of the loops opposite those joined by base B are then centrally bent outwardly to form a hump E,and the pointed ends are likewise bent to lie-in the same plane as the humps and form tie-holding retainers or catches F.

In using my holder the lower edge of the collar is forced into loops 0, with catches E on the outer face thereof, and the resiliency of the wire keeps the holder securely in place on the collar, which may then be buttoned on the shirt. The tie is adjusted and tied in the usual manner, and the band is then drawn down slightly, and a portion of the inner face thereof is forced on to the catches F, which se-' curely hold it from rising on the collar.

I prefer to use two holdersone on each side of the central front collar-button, as shown in Fig. 1as I have found in practice that this gives a satisfactory result; but one or more may be used and the position on the collar changed to suit the wearer.

It will be observed that the hump E of the sides keeps the tie from engaging with the catches F while being adjusted and tied and that the tie is easily engaged with or disengaged from the catches, whose curved shape renders accidental disengagement therefrom almost impossible. The bend at a. provides easy means for the insertion of the collar into loop C. v

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein -described necktie-holder, consisting of a single piece of resilient wire, with pointed ends bent to form two loops,

edge of a collar; the side of each loop being bent to form an outwardly-projecting hump; and the ends of the wire bent to lie between the outer sides of the loops.

2. The herein described necktie holder, consisting of a single piece of resilient wire,

sharp-pointed at the ends, bent to form a loop 7 having downwardly-projecting sides; a portion of whose sides are bent into upwardlyshorter sides than those of the upwardly-e20.

tending loops.

connected together by a base at one side, and adapted to receive and retain a hold on the In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereuut'o subscribed my name, this 13th day of September, 1900, at Los Angeles,(Jalifo1-nia.

HENRY W. AYRES. Witnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM, MATTIE McGINNIs. 

